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Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Charged With Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors — Brian Kolfage, Stephen Bannon, and Two Others Alleged to Have Funneled Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From the Organization to Kolfage; All Four Defendants Allegedly Profited From Their Roles in the Scheme
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Stephen Bannon, three others charged with defrauding donors to online fundraising campaign for border wall — Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed criminal charges against Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded hundreds …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been arrested after being charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors through their campaign “We Build the Wall.”
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New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Charged With Fraud in ‘We Build the Wall’ Campaign — Mr. Bannon and three others are accused in a scheme to use funds raised for construction to pay for personal expenses. — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former top adviser, was charged on Thursday in New York …
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Spectator USA, Task & Purpose, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The US Sun and IJR
Edmund H. Mahony / Hartford Courant:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was on billionaire's yacht off Connecticut shore when federal agents arrested him early Thursday — Stephen K. Bannon, former top advisor to President Donald Trump, was arrested while on a yacht off Westbrook early Thursday, law enforcement sources said.
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NBC New York:
Former Trump Campaign Boss Steve Bannon Indicted for Fraud in NY — What to Know — Former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is among four people indicted for fraud in New York — Federal prosecutors allege key figures behind the “We Build the Wall” …
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Raw Story and The Post Millennial
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud — Former Trump administration chief strategist Steve Bannon was charged on Thursday with fraud by federal prosecutors in New York and taken into custody. — The state of play: Bannon, along with three others, allegedly defrauded donors …
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Fox News:
Steve Bannon, ‘We Build The Wall’ organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors — Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, was among four suspects arrested Thursday and indicted in connection with an online fundraising campaign that allegedly defrauded investors of hundreds …
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit and One America News Network
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Bannon Grifter Indictment: More Steel Bracelets for Team Trump
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Eschaton
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon Charged in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising Scheme
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Townhall
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Each of the three people who led Trump's 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it — Barack Obama went high. — On the third night of the Democratic convention — a word that seems increasingly absurd to describe what is really just two hours of nightly programming from the DNC — the former president delivered …
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
In Dark and Divisive Speech, Obama Seeks to Turn Back Clock on America
Kyle Sammin / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Nod Tells Blue-Collar Workers Democrats Are Done With Them
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The Salmon of Knowledge and Breitbart
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama's Convention Speech Is the First Time I Have Seen Him Scared
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Townhall, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, NPR and The Root
Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:
Obama returned to torment Trump in ways that only a member of the Oval Office club can
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NBC News, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Reason and IJR
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
For the Democrats' sake, I hope the DNC viewership is low
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American Greatness
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line
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TheGrio and Associated Press
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Obama to say Trump ‘never’ took presidency seriously, Clinton to call president ‘dangerous’ in DNC speeches
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Vox, Vanity Fair, Breitbart and The Daily Beast
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show — “We are not to reconnect any machines that have previously been disconnected.” — Aaron Gordon — Shortly after USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued a public statement saying he wanted to …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Judge throws out Trump's effort to block subpoena for financial records — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from President Trump that sought to block Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's subpoena for his financial records. — Why it matters: The Supreme Court ruled …
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New York Times:
Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns to D.A., Judge Rules
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TheGrio and POLITICUSUSA
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge tosses Trump's attempt to block subpoena from Manhattan prosecutors for financial docs
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ABC News, Associated Press, Reuters and The Hill
Christopher J. Sprigman / New Republic:
A Constitutional Weapon for Biden to Vanquish Trump's Army of Judges
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Raw Story
Victoria McGrane Globe / The Boston Globe:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Kennedy in race against Ed Markey — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is endorsing Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III in his primary challenge to incumbent Senator Edward J. Markey, a boost for the challenger in what polls suggest is a neck-and-neck race.
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Axios, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Twitchy
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“Hannity Has Said to Me More Than Once, 'He's Crazy'”: Fox News Staffers Feel Trapped in the Trump Cult — Inside the network staffers are cringing, and even Trump's “shadow chief of staff” has his doubts. “If you were hearing what I'm hearing, you'd be vaping too,” Sean Hannity told a colleague during Trump's early days.
The Daily Beast:
Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Allegedly Poisoned by Toxin in His Tea — The Russian anti-corruption activist was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state on Thursday morning, according to his press secretary. — MOSCOW—Vladimir Putin's nemesis, corruption fighter Aleksey Navalny …
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The Daily Caller and New York Post
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Courier-Journal:
US Senate report says Russian investor in Braidy Industries' mill is a proxy for the Kremlin — A Russian company that has invested in Braidy Industries' planned aluminum rolling mill in Eastern Kentucky was identified as a proxy of the Kremlin in a new report the Senate Intelligence Committee released this week.
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Raw Story
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Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Joe Biden leads Donald Trump narrowly among Pennsylvania voters in new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll — As Democrat Joe Biden formally accepts his party's presidential nomination, a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows him with a narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump …
Nana-Séntuo Bonsu / WTKR-TV:
Portsmouth community leaders asking for Police Chief Angela Greene to resign immediately after felony charges against Sen. Louise Lucas, 13 others — PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Community members in Portsmouth have some questions. “Why is it that they are attacking our leaders?”
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Lee Moran / Yahoo News:
Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Trump Pardon, Tells How He Can Really Honor Her — Susan B. Anthony has on her behalf declined President — Donald Trump's pardon of the late women's suffrage leader. — The — National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, New York …
CNN:
Trump in overdrive to produce a blockbuster RNC that outshines Dems — Washington (CNN)Pre-recorded speeches and a few paper streamers? Not on his watch. — President Donald Trump, a television producer at heart, is hoping for a convention next week that looks vastly different …
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